Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Canal stern of Wabun Ralph & Butterball taking photo |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 19, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the yacht "Wabun" in the Delaware and Raritan Canal in New Jersey. Ralph Munroe (left) and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. (right) are on the yacht's deck. Ralph Munroe wears a dark coat and hat, and looks toward the camera. Thomas Quincy Browne looks into the viewfinder of a box camera. Alice Austen's initials are inscribed in the lower left corner of the negative: "E.A.A." The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Stanley / 35 / No. 449 / Canal stern of Wabun / Ralph & Butterball / taking photo / Fine / W.L. / Inst / Wed Oct 19th / 1892 / Canal Trip." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
In October 1892, Alice Austen took a trip on the yacht "Wabun" with her aunt, Nellie (Munroe) Austen, and Nellie's brother, Ralph Munroe. The other man in this photo is Thomas Quincy Browne Jr., who graduated from Harvard in 1888. The group departed from New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Alice and Nellie sailed as far as Annapolis, Maryland. Their journey took them through the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the Delaware River, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and the Chesapeake Bay. After Alice and Nellie departed the trip in Annapolis, Ralph Munroe and Thomas Quincy Browne Jr. continued on to Biscayne Bay, Florida. Ralph Munroe was a noted yacht designer; the "Wabun," launched in 1892, was one of the more than 40 sailing vessels he designed. His autobiography, "The Commodore's Story," was published in 1930. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Canals Yachts Photography |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Munroe, Ralph Middleton Browne, Thomas Quincy, Jr. |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6199 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, March 2020. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |